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#164 Maximum Gap

APPROACH

Given an integer array nums, return the largest difference between any two successive elements when the array is sorted. Return 0 if nums has fewer than two elements.

Your solution must run in linear time and use linear extra space.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [3,6,9,1]
Output: 3
Explanation: The sorted form of the array is [1,3,6,9], either (3,6) or (6,9) has the maximum difference 3.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [10]
Output: 0
Explanation: The array contains less than 2 elements, therefore return 0.
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